Zogbe Helmet Mask for Sande Society (Also called Sowei, Bundu, or Ndoli Jowei )
Helmet Mask Zogbe for Sande Society (2)
Attribution follows a published museum catalogue or peer-reviewed scholarship. Object is held in a public collection under a published accession number.
Wooden helmet mask framed by intricate coiffure. Bulbous forehead projects as a ridge over facial features: eyes as 2 incised slits (one slightly higher than the other); blocklike nose, wider at base than at top; mouth as a lightly incised depression in area of chin which swells outward; ears at sides as inverted c-forms with a raised ridge. Coiffure; series of six ridged lobes of hair-resembling horns that extend from the crown to the sides of the head and taper to a point at the tips; surface ridges take on a herringbone-like configuration; 2 knoblike protrusions at either end (front and back-back knob perforated by a circular hole); series of parallel horizontal holes around perimeter of base. Color: black Condition: Good. Proper right side: break in surface between 1st and 2nd lobes of hair patched with a piece of tape painted black. Crack along contour of 1st lobe of hair also patched with tape. 2 cracks in surface of crown. Slight chipping off of coiffure tips, proper left side of nose.
Catalogued by Brooklyn Museum as “Helmet Mask Zogbe for Sande Society (2)”. Harvested from the museum’s open-access record; every field below is copied from that record and none of it has been inferred.
Record
| People / culture | Gola |
|---|---|
| Country | Liberia, Sierra Leone |
| Common name | Helmet Mask Zogbe for Sande Society (2) |
| Form category | Vertical helmet |
| Subject depicted | Ancestor or named individual |
Provenance
| Collection | Brooklyn Museum |
|---|---|
| Accession number | 1992.135.1 |
Source
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